SIG 12 - Writing

Coordinators

Teresa Limpo

Teresa Limpo

University of Porto, Portugal
Ioannis Dimakos

Ioannis Dimakos

University of Patras, Greece
Nina Vandermeulen

Nina Vandermeulen

Umeå University, Sweden

Mission statement

 

SIG Writing aims to provide a forum for exchange of ideas about writing and promoting research collaboration between writing researchers from different countries as well as from different disciplines, such as education, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, computer science, literary studies and rethorics. Examples of topics we deal with are:

 

  •  the cognitive, social and developmental processes involved in writing,
  •  the functions of writing in different social and institutional contexts
  •  the design of writing instruction in various educational settings

Our activities include writing-related publications, conferences and information facilitities. Among the most important acitivities of SIG writing are publications on many topics related to the scientific study of writing. These include the Journal of Writing Research (http://jowr.org/ ), our publication archive (http://www.sigwritingpublications.org/)
and the book series "Studies in Writing". For more information, see http://www.sig-writing.org .

Activities

SIG 12 Biennial Conference 2022

Theme
#right2write
Dates
20 - 22 June 2022 (preceded by a research school from 17 to 19 June 2022)
Place
Umeå University, Sweden